Best Practices for Chiropractic Management of Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline

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J Altern Complement Med. October 2020; 26(10): 884–901.

Published online 2020 Oct 8. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.0181

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Table 7.

Evidence from Targeted Search for Interventions 2018–2019, by Condition

Condition	Design	First author	Quality	Primary intervention
LBP	CPG	Bussieres¹⁴	H	SM/MT
	SR	Wu⁴⁷	H	TENS
	SR	Almeida³⁸	A	TENS/IFC
	RCT	Barone-Gibbs³⁵	A	MB/L
	RCT	Eklund³⁶	H	SM
Neck pain	CPG	Whalen¹⁷	H	SM/MT
	CPG	Bier²⁹	H	SM/MT
	SR	Almeida³⁸	A	TENS/IFC
	RCT	Albornoz-Cabello³⁴	H	IFC
	RCT	Yesil³⁷	A	TENS/IFC
Headache	CPG	Cote et al.³²	H	SM/MT
	CPG	Steiner³³	H	Multiple
	SR	Gu⁴²	H	MB/L
Knee OA	SR	Gong⁴¹	A	ACU
	SR	Sun⁴⁶	A	ACU
	SR	Stausholm⁴⁵	H	LLL
	SR	Wysynska⁴⁸	A	LLL
	SR	Anwer³⁹	H	MT
Hip OA	SR	Ceballos-Laita⁴⁰	H	MT
Fibromyalgia	SR	Kim⁴⁴	H	ACU
	SR	Yeh⁴⁹	A	LLL
	SR	Honda⁴³	A	LLL/TENS

ACU, acupuncture; LLL, low-level laser therapy; MB/L, mind–body, psychological therapies or lifestyle counseling; MT, manual therapy; OA, osteoarthritis; SM, spinal manipulation; TENS/IFC, transcutaneous nerve stimulation/interferential current; Multiple = various nonpharmacological therapies, including those already listed and others.